The Royal Navy launched a top-level inquiry into the running of one its most secretive bases after claims of rape and sexual misconduct by British sailors.
The Sunday People has learned a US Navy sailor was allegedly raped, a second US servicewoman was sexually assaulted and a third sexually harassed by Royal Navy personnel.
But a probe into the base, on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, was only launched by Navy chief Admiral Tony Radakin after a whistleblower wrote to him alleging leadership failures.
The 10-week inquiry, concluded last month, also unearthed claims of sexual assault, racist bullying, harassment and discrimination against women.
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